Wagon-jack.



' F. N. DARST.

WAGON JACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. 9n.

1 300,1 29. Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED N. pARsna citizen of the United States, residin at Lovilia, in the county of Monroe and r tate of Iowa, have invented certainnew and use} ful Improvements in Wagon-Jacks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in wagon jacks and the principal object of the invention is to provide/a device of this character with means for en-- gaging with the wheel of avehicletomove the same on its axle toallow said axle to be greased. 1

Another object of the invention isto pro-I vide the jack with vehicle wheels so the same with the wheel thereon maybe easily moved away from the axle.

A further object of the invention is to pro-j vide means for engaging a vehicle wheel at a point on each sideof where it rests on the ground, so that the jackmay be engaged with the wheel without necessitating the 'adjustment of any part'thereof. c

Another object of the invention is to pro{ vide a device of this character, which is sim ple and durable in construction, reliable and efiicientin operation and one which can be at a minimum cost. n w

The invention also consists in certam other features ofconstruction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended'claim.

In describing my invention indetail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein likexchara-cters denote like or c'orrespondingparts throughout the several'views, and in which:--

Figure 1 is a side view of the'ja'ck in position to engage with the wheel of a Vehicle, v

Fig. 2 is a plan view, and

Fig. 3 is a section on line'3.3 of Fig. 2. y In these figures 1 indicates the-handle 1 part and 2 indicates a substantially ,u-shaped'.

member having a crossbar 3 adjacentits free end and this bar together with the'base, 1 of the U are secured to the handleby bolts or any other suitable means; Thecross bar 3 is flush withethe end of the handle and Specification of letters Patent.

1 substantiall Then,

placed upon the market- 7 the wheels of the "thefjfree endslof the 'U indicated by the numerals it and 5, extend beyond the said i V I Pate tedlApres; 1919. Application med ma '8; 1917. Serial no. 167,289. l

cross bar and arebentupwardly, as .indi-f :cated in Fig.1. To the underside of the its loweren d, Isecure a y wedge shaped block 6 by bolts handle adjacent.

or the like with its large end lowermost, and

through this block is mounted anaxle 7 pio- 5 wheels 8 are-secured. The lower end of the block pro ects beyond the circumference of,

the wheels as shown in Fig. 1 and its corner,

-jecting on each side thereof and to which the cc anstit'utesafulcrum forthe leveri 9 indi- 'f cates alplank of sufficient width to ,form a; r r a track for the wheels and it has a projection .10 at its end to prevent the wheels from run- ;ningoif -fb v f When it is desired to lubricate a vehicle axlethe track 9 is placed: to one side of the vehicle wheel and the ja'ck is placed with its ended and 5 engaging the rim of saidw'heel on" each side of the point .where it touches the ground. this positionof-thejackv the lowermost corner of the block 6' willre'st on tinueddownward movement of the'hhan dle, 7 jack engage the track thus liftingthefblock ofl' the'same and acting in their 'turnns afulcrum. When the wheel'sffi come in contact with the track and the weight shifted from the block to said wheels,

the jack with the vehicle wheels may be inoved away from the vehicle so as to expose the axle andpermitting the same to be lubrithet'rack-9and form a fulcrum for the jackl j whenthe handle is lowered the a'ck swings oversaidfulcrum so as to raise the i J vehifclewheel off the ground and in 'th a Y rated. Afterthis is done, thejack ismovedg forward 'to"'replace the. vehicle wheel and tilted upwardly, as in Fig. 1, to' place said; wheel on the "ground, after whichthejack can be easily slid. from under the vehicle tion willbeireadily apparent. 3 Il desire it to be understood that ,I'may make slightchanges in the constructionand;

in the combination and arrangement'of the" l V l of my inven wheel and placed in p'osition to raiseanother;

, It is thoughtfrom the' foregoing that the advantages and novel features several parts, gprovidedfthat suchhhanges an within theerope o h i p fil l f g in' described lifting jackeomprisc 1:

I claim as my invention ing a lever, a U-shaped member secured upon the fulcrum touches the same, the whole for its lower end and having the ends of the U use as described. 10

projecting beyond such lower end, a trian- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature gular block secured beneath the lever with in presence of two witnesses.

its larger end downward and its angle con- FRED N. DARST.

stituting a fulcrum, a rodthrough said WVitnesses-z block, and wheels on the extremities of said D. J. DARST, rod disposedto be above the ground when G. R. DAY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." 

